University · Leicester, East Midlands

Allied health courses at De Montfort University

De Montfort University runs 4 approved pre-registration allied health courses, training paramedics, diagnostic radiographers and speech and language therapists, based in Leicester, East Midlands. Below: every course, the route and award each one leads to, the entry requirements where the university has published them, and how the offer compares with neighbouring providers.

UndergraduateApprenticeship
4 Approved courses Pre-registration, leading to registration
3 Professions taught Allied health only
3 years Shortest course
3 of 4 Entry requirements published Courses with a typical offer in the open data

What you can study here

De Montfort University teaches 3 allied health professions at pre-registration level, training paramedics, diagnostic radiographers and speech and language therapists. Every course listed on this page is approved by its regulator, which is what makes it count: finishing an approved course is what entitles you to apply for registration, and registration is what lets you hold the protected title and be appointed to the job.

The provision here is undergraduate, which is the standard route in from school or college. Expect a mix of taught university blocks and supervised clinical placement, with the placement weeks scheduled around the academic year rather than in the holidays. There is also an apprenticeship route. That one works in the opposite order to everything else: you need an employer to take you on and sponsor the training first, and the university place follows from the job rather than the other way round.

A typical offer is published for 3 of the 4 courses here and not for the 1 others, so those rows are left blank rather than filled in with a guess. Where an offer is published, treat it as the shape of the offer rather than a guarantee — these courses are interviewed, and they carry DBS and occupational health requirements on top of the grades. 3 courses carry a UCAS code, so they are applied for through the central system rather than direct to the university.

Location
Leicester
Region
East Midlands
Nation
England
Approved courses
4
Professions taught
3
Routes offered
undergraduate degree and degree apprenticeship
Campus locations
Leicester

Every allied health course at De Montfort University

Side by side, so you can see where the routes and the course lengths actually differ.

Approved pre-registration courses at De Montfort University
Course Profession Route Award Length UCAS
BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography Diagnostic radiographer BSc BSc (Hons) 3 years B821
Paramedic Practice (apprenticeship) BSc (Hons) Paramedic Apprenticeship BSc (Hons)
Paramedic Science BSc (Hons) Paramedic BSc BSc (Hons) 3 years B780
Speech and Language Therapy BSc (Hons) Speech and language therapist BSc BSc (Hons) 3 years B621

Paramedic at De Montfort University

Paramedics are autonomous practitioners who assess and treat patients in urgent and emergency settings, usually outside hospital.

Paramedic entry requirements at De Montfort University · All paramedics courses in the UK · How to become a paramedic

Diagnostic radiographer at De Montfort University

Diagnostic radiographers produce and interpret the medical images that let clinicians see inside the body.

Diagnostic radiographer entry requirements at De Montfort University · All diagnostic radiographers courses in the UK · How to become a diagnostic radiographer

Speech and language therapist at De Montfort University

Speech and language therapists assess and treat difficulties with communication and with eating, drinking and swallowing.

Speech and language therapist entry requirements at De Montfort University · All speech and language therapists courses in the UK · How to become a speech and language therapist

Paying for it in England

Student support for allied health courses is set nation by nation, so what applies here is decided by the fact that De Montfort University is in England — not by the university.

Other universities in East Midlands

Applicants normally hold several offers at once, and the realistic alternatives are the providers whose placement circuits cover the same patch.

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